Tsuruko Azama
May 20, 2006
Tsuruko Azama, 99, of Mililani died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Awase, Okinawa. She is survived by sons Robert M., Moriyasu and Moriyoshi Nishihira and Harry S. Azama; daughters Muriel S. Higa, Dorothy K. Ross, Lois M. Sekigawa, Jeanne Y. Beach and Edith F. Saifuku; brother Tomoichi Tasato; sister Florence Tasato; 21 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Israel Keoki Yun-Kui Castillo
May 11, 2006
Israel Keoki Yun-Kui Castillo, infant son of Chad Castillo and Amy Pang of Kapaau, Hawaii, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital. He was born in Kapaau. He is also survived by brother Isaiah and grandparents George and Theresa Castillo and George and Jean Pang. Private services.
Vera Jin Lyam Chong
May 27, 2006
Vera Jin Lyam Chong, 97, of Honolulu, a retired social worker and hearings officer, died at home. She was born in Kula, Maui. She is survived by sister Hazel Huang. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Chinese Church of Christ. Inurnment to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Chee Bing Chun
June 2, 2006
Chee Bing "Bunny" Chun, 82, of Honolulu, a retired resident manager, died in Honolulu. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by wife Mabel, sons Gary and Wesley, daughter Stephanie and two grandchildren. Private inurnment.
Christopher Jerald Cline
May 25, 2006
Christopher Jerald Cline, 45, of Mountain View, Hawaii, an automotive technician, died in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Charmaine; sons Jerald and Jermaine; daughter Cecilia; father Eric; mother Judith A. Shaw; brothers Roger Cline and Edwin S. III, Michael, Eric and Brent Shaw; and sisters Robin Wagner, Lisa Shaw-Moody, Casey Jo Botka and Diane Shaw. Services: 5 p.m. Sunday at Mokuaikaua Congregational Church. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire.
Elsie Teruko Dote
May 27, 2006
Elsie Teruko Dote, 93, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died. She was born in Waianae. She is survived by sons Larry H. and Kenneth S., daughters Elaine K. Fujimoto and Carolyn M. Sakai, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Private services.
Kelly Lynne Fujimoto
May 12, 2006
Kelly Lynne Fujimoto, 21, of Mililani Town died in Wahiawa General Hospital. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by parents Patrick Y. and Linda D., brother Matthew S. and grandparents Kimiyo Fujimoto and Mildred Fleming. Private services.
Thomas Charles Goyen
May 22, 2006
Thomas Charles Goyen, 63, of Mountain View, Hawaii, a Kailua Air Conditioning and Refrigeration pipefitter, died at home. He was born in Los Angeles. He is survived by son Tom Lee, daughters Kimberly Smith and Cheryl Marek, brothers Melvin and David, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services held in California.
Evelyn Uehara Tsuruko Hasegawa
May 26, 2006
Evelyn Uehara Tsuruko Hasegawa, 77, of Pearl City died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. She was born in Makawao, Maui. She is survived by husband Kiyoshi; son Glen; brother Komei Uehara; sisters Edna Okazaki, Lucile Nakama and Jane Miyahira; and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary, 20 S. Kukui St., Honolulu. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Hideko Hayashi
May 19, 2006
Hideko Hayashi, 100, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died at home. She was born in Kanagawa, Japan. She is survived by daughters Diana Wong and Takae Hayashi, six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Private services.
Mitsue O. Heard
May 30, 2006
Mitsue O. "Mitz" Heard, 77, of Aiea, a retired Budweiser Beer office clerk, died in Kapuna Wai Ola Nursing Facility. She was born in Port Allen, Kauai. She is survived by sons Clifford III and David, daughters Leslie Gabe and Tracy Okamura, sister Esther "Shimi" Lessiong and six grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Monday at Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Aloha attire.
Hatsuyo Hirata
May 27, 2006
Hatsuyo Hirata, 101, of Keaau, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Life Care Center of Hilo. She was born in Olaa, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Clarence, Edward, George, Tatsuji and Andrew; daughters Emiko Tsuneda, Helen Kano and Elaine Okamoto; 22 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.
Abel Kameona Hokoana Jr.
June 1, 2006
Abel Kameona Hokoana Jr., 61, of Waipahu, an executive chef, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by wife Charlene; sons Patrick, Monte, Apela and Kapali; daughter Bernadette Nishida; brothers Robert and Abel Hokoana III and John, Claude, Theodore, Samuel and Jeffrey Kipa; sisters Lara Taua, Joanne Hokoana, Rose Bauman, Martha Anne Disa, Lavinia Keolanui and Pikake E. Ena; and nine grandchildren. Private services.
Bessie Chikako Ichimura
May 29, 2006
Bessie Chikako Ichimura, 90, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Leahi Hospital. She was born in Puukolii, Maui. She is survived by daughters Corinne Sagawa, Adele Tanaka, Deidre Saito, Natalie Kiehm and Kaydi Yonaha; brother Andrew Nobu; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services. No monetary offerings.
Takeshi Ishihara
May 2, 2006
Takeshi Ishihara, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Oahu Sugar employee, died at home. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by son Irving, daughters Claudia Tokumoto and Myra Nohara, brother Yoshiaki Ishihara, sisters Toshie Nekomoto and Masae Horiuchi, and three grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after noon.
Chester Takeo Kainuma
May 12, 2006
Chester Takeo Kainuma, 85, of Hilo, a retired National Weather Service supervisory meteorological technician and member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team's Cannon Company, died in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Nancy F., daughters Lorraine Kainuma and Kristi Uehana, and a grandchild. Private services. No flowers. Donations suggested to Hospice of Hilo.
Fumiko Kainuma
May 18, 2006
Fumiko "Nancy" Kainuma, 80, of Hilo, a homemaker, died in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by brother Makoto Nakashima, daughters Lorraine Kainuma and Kristi Uehana, and a grandchild. Private services. No flowers or monetary offerings. Donations suggested to Hospice of Hilo.
Verdally V.M. Kauhi
May 23, 2006
Verdally V.M. Kauhi, also known as Promese Love, 62, of Waimanalo, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Matt Love; son Clayton; daughters Verdallie Kaua, Delcia Randles, Fran Craft and Raynell Kaowili; mother Emma; sister Libertha Wong; 18 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Kapuna Housing Recreation, 41-209 Ilauhole St., Waimanalo. Aloha attire.
Leatrice Hatsue Kodani
May 19, 2006
Leatrice Hatsue Kodani, 87, of Honolulu died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Harry; sons Edward and Arthur; brothers Claude, Herbert and Glenn Takekawa; and sisters Lorine Yamamoto, Margaret Bennett and Florence Goya. Private services.
Shigeru Kumiji
May 31, 2006
Shigeru Kumiji, 87, of Pearl City, a retired state Department of Accounting and General Services building inspector, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Pahoa, Hawaii. He is survived by daughter Leatrice Ann Ojiri, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Gregory Bernard Lee
May 31, 2006
Gregory Bernard Lee, 58, of Honolulu, a V.I.P. Transportation bus driver, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Jennie T. Lee. Private scattering of ashes.
Wayne E. Leighton
May 31, 2006
Wayne E. Leighton, 80, of Waianae, a retired Federal Aviation Administration flight controller, died in Honolulu. He was born in Yakima, Wash. He is survived by son Wayne M.; hanai son and daughter Ted Finch and Barbara Pflugshaupt; daughters Faith Adkins, Fayrene Reighard and Waynette Leighton; brother Marvin; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 10 a.m. Private burial. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Ingeborg Mackels
May 30, 2006
Ingeborg "Inge" Mackels, 79, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Germany. She is survived by sons George W. and Loyd Hokama, daughters Lucille Handy and Lillian Hokama, and two grandchildren. Private services to be held at a later date.
Scot E. Miller
May 27, 2006
Scot E. "Seven" Miller, 46, of Honolulu, an entertainer, died in Honolulu. He was born in Nevada. He is survived by partner Donald Hill; father Harley F. "Bud"; mother Dorothy Dimarco; brothers Eric and Michael Miller and Jon Dimarco; and sisters Catherine Ratelle, Joy Roth and Dee Duran. Services to be held in Portland, Ore.
John Milford Mulvey
May 24, 2006
John Milford Mulvey, 52, of Honolulu died in Malama Ohana. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Rand E. Jr. and Patrick M. Private services.
Michael M. Murphy III
May 26, 2006
Michael M. Murphy III, 61, of Pahoa, Hawaii, and Newport, R.I., a Hawaiian Island Homes and Army veteran, died at home. He was born in Newport. He is survived by wife Ariela; son Emil dela Trinidad; daughters Michele and Minda Murphy and Vera dela Trinidad; brother John P.; and sister Kathleen Furtado. Services to be held at a later date.
Yasuji Nakahara
May 31, 2006
Yasuji "Pop" Nakahara, 91, of Aiea, a former Hi-Land Service Station service manager in Aiea, died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. He was born in Aiea. He is survived by wife Sumiko, sons Roy and Gene, daughter Linda Yamaguchi, brother Larry Yoshio, sisters Kameyo Yoshinaga and Michie Takeshita, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday at Mililani Memorial Park, makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. No flowers.
William Nobuichi Sakuma
May 20, 2006
William Nobuichi Sakuma, 85, of Lanai City, a retired tugboat operator, died in Kailua. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Yukie; son Warren; daughters Karen Chung and Gayle Hirose; brothers Yasu, Tsuyoshi and Yoshi; sister Evelyn Nagano; and four grandchildren. Private services.
Frances Sayre
May 25, 2006
Frances Sayre, 73, of Eagle Point, Ore., formerly of Oahu, a retired teacher, died in Eagle Point. She was born in Abingdon, Va. She is survived by husband Lawrence; son Theodore E.; daughters Mary F. Eichelberger, Laura Ann McDonald, Katharine G. Suppan, Marjorie S. Cesarini and Abigail Sayre; and 19 grandchildren. Services: noon Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 9:30 a.m. Graveside services: 1:30 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Stanley Minoru Seki
May 26, 2006
Stanley Minoru Seki, 96, of Honolulu, a retired state custodian, died in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Kahului. He is survived by sons Edmund H., Victor K. and Brian Y.; daughters Barbara K. Miyake, Joyce T. Okamoto and Gail Y. Uchima; brother Don; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
Alma Rosabelle Sherman
June 1, 2006
Alma Rosabelle Sherman, 94, of Kapolei died in Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi. She was born in La Prairie, Ill. She is survived by daughter Rose Pamatigan, four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Private services.
William D. Skorburg
June 5, 2006
William D. Skorburg, 82, of Kailua, a retired Graybar Tool Co. marketing director, died in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Rockford, Ill. He is survived by wife Jeanne, son Kim S. Theilhaber, daughters Lisa Fellah and Tina Poett, and five grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 12:30 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Mary Lee Ferguson Sloan
June 5, 2006
Mary Lee Ferguson Sloan, 87, of Kailua, a yoga instructor, died in Castle Medical Center. She was born in Waco, Texas. She is survived by husband Frank, daughter Kevan Cesar, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 5 p.m. tomorrow at Esser residence, 1297 Lopaka Place, Maunawili.
Juliane Tavares
May 24, 2006
Juliane "Julie" Tavares, 54, of Aiea, a retired Longs Drug Waipahu Towne Center employee, died. She was born in Bremen, Germany. She is survived by husband Philip J., daughter Michelle U. Tavares-Yamada, son Mitchell J. and seven grandchildren. Private services.
Walter Kinichi Tojo
May 21, 2006
Walter Kinichi Tojo, 84, of Wahiawa, a retired Austin, Tsutsumi and Associates employee, died in St. Francis-West Medical Center. He was born in Haleiwa. He is survived by son Warren; daughters Arlene Ogata, Karen Tojo and Lois Maeda; brothers Tadashi and Francis; sisters Thelma Kimura and Elaine Otholt; and four grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Cecelia Wang
May 31, 2006
Cecelia Wang of Honolulu, an oil painting artist, died in Honolulu. She was born in Shanghai. She is survived by daughters Madelaina and Emmy Lai. Private scattering of ashes to be held at a later date.
Kimiyo Yumen
June 4, 2006
Kimiyo Yumen, 84, of Makawao, Maui, a homemaker, died in Hale Makua, Wailuku. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by sons David and Clyde; daughter Jane Nagasako; sisters Tsugie Okada, Sally S. Fukada and Nancy H. Nishida; and six grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Nakamura Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m.
David J. Ziegler
June 2, 2006
David J. Ziegler, 52, of Aiea died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in New Orleans. He is survived by brothers William and Lewis, and sister Gail Martin. Private services.
You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at
www.librarieshawaii.org. The index goes back several decades.